How to Use modify in a Sentence

modify

verb

• She has modified her views on the matter.
• We can help you modify an existing home or build a new one.
• We played a modified version of our favorite game.
• He modified the recipe by using oil instead of butter.
• The design was modified to add another window.
• Adjectives usually modify nouns, and adverbs usually modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
• And the duct work may need to be modified.
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
• No e-bike can be modified to go faster.
  — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
• This isn't the first time plants have been modified to glow.
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
• To make the switch, these states had to modify their fire codes.
  — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
• That doesn’t mean there can’t be ways to modify around the edges.
  — San Francisco Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2021
• Casey Means has, to say the least, modified her tone.
  — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
• Any yoga move can be modified in some way.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2026
• And there's no shame in dropping to your knees to modify this move.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 9 Aug. 2021
• Keep your closet well-lit and modify it with hooks, bins, and more.
  — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 14 Jan. 2026
• Don’t show an image of the standard alert and modify it in any way.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 27 Apr. 2021
• Build a thing, then modify it to achieve a couple extra goals.
  — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• The recipe makes enough to serve a crowd and is easily modified based on your tastes.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
• The court can agree with it, the court can disagree with it or modify it in some respect.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
• The laws so far have been modified to increase state control.
  — Sarah Moreno updated March 24, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
• To modify, lower to your knees.
  — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
• The video footage has been modified to protect anonymity.
  — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
• Many screens are adjustable to modify the height to get the aspect ratio just right.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• After a protein is built, cells modify it.
  — Kj Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• What this means is that you're not allowed to transfer or modify those titles.
  — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
• The question, then, was how to modify all the other parts of the graph to produce this state.
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
• That said, if a skier does need to modify that area, the new design could pose some challenges.
  — Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
• Users can also modify text size, font, and background when adding it to photos and videos.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 2 Jan. 2023
• The clinic had asked that his sentence be modified to 15 years to life.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Beavers are one of the few animals that modify their habitat.
  — Holiday Mathis, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2022